Indeed India, Pakistan and Israel have not signed the biased NPT, good for them. I have no issues with Pakistan getting the nuclear technology but the question here is of irresponsible proliferation, for which you need to understand the difference between developing nuclear weapons and proliferation.

Pakistan - AQK have passed nuclear weapons technology to countries which have signed up NPT as non-nuclear weapons powers. You are saying that Pakistan proliferated but it is not illegal? Yes it is, knowingly helping some country break the law and pass on a technology which can kill millions is priliferation and a criminal act. It is an act against the world community. I don’t think India has done something like this.

Moving to your assumption that India was helped by Russia in developing nuclear weapons. Though it is easy to surmise this based on the friendly relations between the two countries, do you have any proof of it? On the other hand AQK was named in the theft of nuclear technology from The Netherlands and he admitted to it later. There is a clear difference.

Lastly the question of AQK being handed over to USA, I don’t think it is a legal issue, the fact is Pakistani state has simply refused to cooperate with the world community in proving answers to this whole scam. I can surmise very easily here that, it is because AQK did what was asked to be done by his masters in the government and military. Therefore in fact I don’t even think that interrogating AQK is required because the facts of the matter are too obvious.

I can understand that AQK is a hero in Pakistan and he should be because he did exactly what was needed by Pakistan, be it theft of technology or smuggling to other rogue nations. He did his duty. The problem is not AQK, it is the role of your state and military in taking an illegal approach to acquire it and to proliferate it.

that’s why the Americans have not been able to get their hands on the man who developed Pakistan’s atom bomb.

is it shame to mention name Abdul Qadeer Khan? and why americans wants their hands on him?

as for as indian nuclear scientist are concern from homi bhabha to raja ramanna all are internationally acclaimed for their work and have honored by IAEA!

so, have you see the difference? both indian and pakistani nuclear scientists are internationally demanded one, but, but for the very different reason.

i heard the word jive jive pakistan! no.. no.. it’s qadir khan! and seems sound coming from LeT bastion, think they have read your post are about to march towards indian nuclear establishment to save it from hindu fundamentalist!

@Hamid, please let us know more about other persons whom you regard most.

As an engineer you should know that to make a nuclear bomb the enrichment level required for fissile material is quite high compared to that required in a nuclear power. Russian disaster was not a nuclear explosion, it was due to collapse of the core and resulting radiation leak. Please understand these two completely different things.

Dismal safety standards at Indian plants? What are you talking about? And how exactly does an accident or sabotage at a power plant make India an unsafe nuclear weapons state?

I think you are confusing this issue with the argument about Pakistani nuclear weapons, which is about the danger of those falling in the hands of fundamentalists and additionally the track record of proliferation by passing on the weapons technology to other countries. I am not sure if you understand the seriousness of the latter violation/ criminal act.

I think you have misinterpreted the issue.

Ofcourse as usual you have also not let go of the opprtunity to post mis-represent the facts in your first paragraph but that is a separate issue.

Nuclear plant does not mean nuclear weapons. Most of the nuclear plants are for power generation purposes. So your post is in vain.